Track rail support



March 1, 1932. G TRAVER 1,847,733

TRACK RAIL SUPPORT Original Filed May 14, 1929 m llllllllllll Patented Mar. 1, 1932 I V OFFICE 11mm. T iwan nunvuarnnnsrmmsynvmm mi RAIL swam I j' Original appliication fllcd lfay 14,19$;SeriaINo. 362,936. 'm'v'id djana'this application filed June 18, V I F1930.- Serial This invention relates to track supporting structures ofamusement rides, the present application being for subj cots-matter divided out from 'my co-pending application filed 5 May 14:, 1929,- Serial =N0. 3 and it Y the principle object of the invention to provide means for supporting rails of:a track at any desired angle in a vertical planefiand ofsuch design so as to be of universal' use at any point in an amusement ride without the necessityof changing the Structure thereof to meet any special-requirement. J I The embodiment of the invention comprises a saddle member having the: rail engaging '15 portion thereof of arcuate form in cross-sec-' tion to support the tread portion of a: track rail with means carried by thesaddle and adapted-to secure" the rail to'the saddle? 1 I .In the drawings accompanying and'forma inga part of this application Figurel'is a sectional view of a'itrack and-myimproved rail supporting means therefor 'showirig'a traction wheel supported truck and frame of a passenger carryingcarthereoh. r j

Figure 2 isa perspective view of the track and supporting structure therefor showing the track in an elevated position and the angular mounting of the track rails.

Figure 3 is an elevational view of a track 1- 13 rail supporting saddle and showing the manner of mounting the rail on the saddle.

Figure 4 is a view looking at the right of Figure 3 showing in dotted lines the different adjusted angular positions in which 13-5 the track rail may be mounted thereon; and

Figure 5 is a perspective View of a rail supporting saddle. In carrying out the invention there is provided a track comprising parallel rails of angle shape in cross section withthe angles of each rail facing each other, one angle portion 6 constituting the tread to tractionally support wheels 7 carried by a supporting truck 8 resiliently supporting a frame 22 adapted for the mounting of a passenger carrying car body thereon of any desired type, and is not shown as such car body forms no part of the present invention. The other angle portion-9 is extended at a right angle and vertical to the tread portion and any desirable whethe'r the section of the track is flat on illustrated intlie present application.

'adapted 't'obe engaged: by rollers 10 rotatably 'mounted onthe wheel truck 8 in front and back of thexcar wheels to guide and maintainthe cars on the track. The track rails H are supported by ties or ledgers 11, in'the present instance of angle iron, supported in manner depending upon the ground or elevated from the ground as In the latter case the ledgers are supported at the opposite ends by and extend transversely between columns 12 reinforced by braces 13,

'the-ledgers bein supported with one angle portion thereof abutting an angle portion of the columns 12 and the other angle portion ofthe ledgers extending at a right angle theretoandsupporting the track rails, as shown in Figure. 2. The columns 12 are "further kept in alinement by channel bars 14 and the columns are supported upon a suitable base or foundation.

To impart novelties and thrills to the patrons oftheride' the'track rails are arranged with'dipsand-rises =To effect aneasytravel of mountingof the track rails and compensate "for 'the'varia'tionsin the track rails due to the inclined, curved-and level sections of the track the rail supports for mounting the rails upon the supporting structure are arranged to universallyadapt themselves to such varia- :tions in the track rails by constructing therail 1 engaging surface 'of the supports 'of convex orarcuate shape i'ncross section. In the embodiment-of the invention illustrated the rail supportsi'areinthe form of saddle members 1 'comprisingabase portion 15 arrangedwith perforations 16 for securing said members to banked track sections.

horizontal. g 2. .An amusement ride as claimed in claim 7 11, wherein the saddles are of less. width than of a shoulder portion 18 extending from the base portion with an ear portion 19 projecting from one side of the shoulder, which ear is arranged at the outer side when the saddles are mounted on the ledgers to support the opposed track rails and forms an angle with the arc'uateishoulder 18 for engagement with the angle of the rails, as shown in Figures 1 and 3. It will be obvious that the rails may be adjusted to extend atany angle in an arc" of approximately 180 degrees, as shown in, dotted lines in Figure 4, and the'rails are secured in the adjusted position thereofby arranging the extended ears 19 with a perforation 20 for the engagement of headed :screws of bolts 21 passing through alined j perforations in the angle portions 9 of the rails, the heads being countersunk below the, surface of the portions 9 to prevent interference thereof with the travel of the rollers 10 along said rail portions, and the bolts are secured by nuts engaged uponthe thread portion extending from the outer side of car 19,

asshown in Figures 1 and 3.

The shoulder portion 18 is of less width than the tread portion 6 of the rails, so that the marginal edge of the tread will extend e 1. In an-amusement ride,-atrack embodying '-parallel rails of angle shape in cross section, one angle portion of each rail constituting the tread, and saddle members fixed to a supporting structure having an arcuate surface for engagement by the under-surface of the rail treads and an ear extended beyond and at an fangleto the arcuate surface relative to which the other angle portion. of the rails is adapted to be juxtaposed and releasably secured thereto to maintain the rails on the saddles in different angular positions relative .to the "the rail treads whereby the free marginal portionyof :the treads extend'beyond the arcuate "surface ofthe saddle members to forma ledge 'slioe"earried. by arcar propelled along'the track. v

'3. An amusement ride as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angle portions of the track rails extendfrom each other at a right angle and the ear of the saddle membersextends at an angle tozthe arcuate portion toform a seat for the angle portions :ofthe trackrails."

4. In an amusement ride, a track embodying parallel rails of angular shape in cross section, and saddle members to support the rails in different angular positions relative to the horizontal, comprising a body portion arranged with a base to mount the members on a supporting structure, the upper} surface of the body being of arcuate form for engagement with an angle portion of the track rails and an ear portion extending from the arcuate surface at one side of the body to form with the'arcuate surface a seat for the angl portions of thetrack rails. V.

5. amusement ride as claimed in claim 4, wherein the saddle ears and an angle portionof j the rails extend in, juxtaposed'relation to each other and are arranged with alined perforations for the. engagement of meansto secure the track rails to the saddle members in engagement with the arcuate surfacein different angular positions relative to thehorizontal. v 16; In an amusement ride, a track structure comprising parallel rails of angle shape in cross section, one angle portion-of each rail constituting the tread thereof, and saddle members .having .an arcuate surface for engagement therewithof the-tread portion of the rails with the-free marginal portion of said rail portion extending beyond. the sides of the saddle members, and the other angle portion .of each rail extending at a right angle from the tread portion and adapted for the engagement of rollers carriedby a car propelled along the tracksto guide and maintain the car on the track rails.

v Signed, at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, this 10 day of June, 1930. 4 I

HARRY G. TRAVER.

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